DETROIT – Cheryl Jacques, who began as president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign in January of this year, will be the guest of honor at The Engagement Party, a June 18 event hosted by the HRC's Michigan Steering Committee. In addition to the opportunity to meet Ms. Jacques, guests at the event will be served wine and refreshments and have an opportunity to attend an afterglow at the Hard Rock Cafe. The event is free and open to the public.
Before joining HRC, Jacques served nearly a dozen years in the Massachusetts State Senate. First elected to her seat at the young age of 29, Jacques was a leader on civil rights and equality in the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1996, she successfully pushed for the inclusion of sexual orientation in the Commonwealth's Hate Crimes Statute. She also passed legislation establishing standby guardianship provisions to protect the children of AIDS patients and other chronically ill individuals. She has been an outspoken advocate for the needs of gay and lesbian youth in Massachusetts. Three years ago she lead a bi-partisan coalition to protect funding for the Safe Schools Program, which helps finance Gay-Straight Alliances in Massachusetts's high schools, as well as other gay and lesbian youth suicide prevention measures. In 2002, Jacques lead a bi-partisan coalition of legislators to defeat the so-called Defense of Marriage Act in Massachusetts.
Prior to her six terms in the state senate, Jacques served as an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County and went on to serve as an Assistant Attorney General in the Trial Bureau of the Attorney General's Office. Due to her experience as a criminal prosecutor, Jacques was the first freshman legislator and first woman to chair the Judiciary Committee when she was elected to the Senate in 1992. Jacques is a graduate of the Boston College School of Business Administration and Suffolk University Law School.
The Engagement Party will begin at 7 p.m. at the Compuware World Headquarters, One Campus Martius in Detroit. For more info go to www.mybigfabgaywedding.net.
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